On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Herbert Voss wrote:

> Zvezdan Petkovic wrote:
> > > Zvezdan> That's exactly what I meant. CM family is ugly. Notice what I
> > > Zvezdan> say above about Euler. Metafont itself is not an issue. It's
> > > Zvezdan> a design. CM was designed by one of the greatest computer
> > > Zvezdan> scientist off all time, but only a would-be artist. Euler is
> > > Zvezdan> designed by one of the greatest designers of all time --
> > > Zvezdan> Herman Zapf. That's what makes a difference.

As I recall, Zapf was involved in CM to some extent (at least giving
advice), but the real "problem" is that CM is modeled after Monotype
Modern #8. If you like that font, then you will like CM; if not, ...

Mike

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